Work gage and clamp for type-writing machines.



.Ptnted July 22, |902.

C. F. LAGANKE.

WORK GAGE AND CLAMP FOR'TYPE WFHTING MACHINES.

(Application tiled Mar. 21, 1901A 2 Sheets-Sheet I.

(No Model.)

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No. 705,536. Patented July 22, i902.

C. F. LAGANKE.

WORK GAGE AND CLAMP FOR TYPE WRITING MACHINES :Anplicntion filed Mar.21, l901.`

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CHARLES FREDERICK LAGANKE, OF CLEVELAND, OHIO, ASSIGNOR TO THE FISI-IERBOOK TYPEWRITER COMPANY, OF CLEVELAND, OHIO, A COR- PORATION OFDELAWARE.

WORK GAGE AND CLAMP FOR TYPE-WRITING MACHINES.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 705,535, dated July 22,1902.I Application tiled March Z1, 1901. Serial No. 52,221. (No model.)

To 01N, whom, t may concern: Y

Be it known that I, CHARLES FREDERICK LAGANKE, a citizen of the UnitedStates, residing at Cleveland, in the county of Cuya- 5 hoga and Stateof Ohio, have invented a new and useful Work Gage and Clamp for Type-Writing Machines, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to type-writing maro chines,particularly of thatclass distinguished by a flat platen upon which the sheet or work isheld in a flat or spread-out condition during the printingoperation,.and has special reference to an improved work gage and clampassociated with the platen to provide means for locating and holding thework in the proper printing position and also for protecting the edge otthe work retained by the gage.

` To this end the present invention contem plates in one form thereof awork-gage designed to be associated with the platen by direct attachmentthereto for eecting the registering of the Work in the printingposition, the gage proper or the element or` elements thereofconstituting the work-abutment being located outside the vertical planeof thetrack-rails and adjustable to various positions upon the platen;and the invention 3o further contemplates aclamp member orplatecooperating with the Work-gage to insure the retention of the work bythe gage and to protect the edge of the work over which the plate isdisposed.

Another object of the invention is to provide a work-gage especiallyuseful in connec-V tion with bills or other sheets havingtileholes andin this aspect to provide for suitable adjustment of the gage to conformto 4.o the variations in the styles and spacing of these file-holeswhich will be found in different classes of work.

A further object of the invention is to provide a clamp-plate designedfor cooperation with the workigage and capable of movement toward andaway from the platen for the purpose of engaging or releasing the workproperly located and alined or held bythe gage, and, furthermore, toprovide a clampplate of this character with means permitting 5o itsemployment in connection with a worl'ri gage adjustable to variouspositions upon the platen to conform to the Variations in the spacing ofthe file-holes of the work to be alined by the gage and held andprotected by the clamp.

With `these and other objects in View, which will more readily appear tothose familiar with the art as the nature of the in- Vention is betterunderstood, the same con- (o sists in the novel construction,combination, and relation of parts hereinafter more fully described,illustrated, and claimed.

The essen-tial features of the invention, involving the provision of anadjustable gage directly carried by a platen, the location of the gageproper or gage-abutmeut outside the vertical plane of the adjacent railor guide, and a clamp adapted for coperation with the work-gage, aresusceptible of a 7o wide range of modification without departing fromthe spirit or scope of the invention; but the preferred embodiments ofthe latter are shown in the accompanying drawings, in WlllCllf Figure lis a plan View of a type-writingmachine platen, showing one embodimentof theinvention,in which the platen is grooved at both sides of eachrail or guide to permit the gage-abutment to be carried directly by Sothe platen either inside or outside of either rail-that is to say,adjacent to either rail and between them or adjacent to either rail andbeyond their outer sidesthe work-gage in this iigure being shown incoperative re- 85 lation with the clampplate carried by -a swingingrail-section and extending beyond both sides thereof. Fig. 2 isalongitudinal sectional View on the line 2 2 of Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is atransverse sectional View on the line 3 3` 9o of Fig. l. Fig. 4 is adetail viewin perspective of a portion of the platen andimmediately-adjacent parts. Fig. 5 isa detail View of one of the gagemembers or pinsand its block. Fig. 6 is a plan View similar to Fig. l,95 showing a modification in which the clamp-A plate instead of beingconnected to a rail or guide is independently hinged to the platen.

Fig. 7 is a side elevation of the subject-matter of Fig. 6. Fig. S is aside elevation of a further modification which contemplates theemployment of a loose clamp-plate. Fig. 9 is a modification whichcontemplates the location of the gage at the inside only of the track,the clamp-plate in this construction being secured to the track andextending along the inner side only thereof. Fig. 10is a transversesectional view, on a somewhatenlarged scale, on the line 10 10 of Fig.9. Fig. 11 is a further modification contemplating the employment of agage and a clampplate beyond the outer sides only of the tracks. Fig. 12is a transverse sectional View, on a somewhat-enlarged scale, on theline 12 12 of Fig. 11; and Fig. 13 is a transverse sectional Viewsimilar to Fig. 12, illustrating afurther modification consisting inhinging the clampplate at one side edge thereof instead of at the end ofthe plate, as in the construction illustrated in Figs. G and 7.

Like numerals of reference designate corresponding partsin the severalfigures of the drawings.

The improvements forming the subjectmatter of this application presentin one aspect a different embodiment of the invention disclosed in theapplication of C. F. Laganke, iiled August 29, 1900, Serial No. 28,441,and in Aanother aspect presenta further variation of the inventiondisclosed in the application of Hiram J. Halle, filed December 13, 1900,Serial No. 39,720. In the Laganke application is disclosed the idea of aWork-gage arranged to lie in a plane beneath a clamping member-as, forinstance, a track or guidewhereas the present application contem platesa work-gage for similar purposes which is designed to lie in thevertical plane of a clampplate distinct from the track or guide carriedthereby or mounted independent ofthe track. In this aspect of theinvention I desire to be understood as not being limited to anyparticular form of work-gage, as the broad idea of a clamp-platedistinct from the rail and cooperating With a Work-gage may be carriedinto effect without reference to the particular location of the plate orthe precise character of work-gage employed for the alinement andretention of the-work-sheet. For examples of forms of Work-gages capableof adoption in connection with the present invention in the aspectstated see the applications of Laganke and Halle referred to.

In the Halle application aforesaid is disclosed the idea of a work-gagearranged to be located wholly outside the vertical plane of the rail orguide and adjustably carried by a supporting member designed fordetachable connection to the platen, whereas the present applicationcontemplates a work-gage which while located wholly outside the verticalplane of the rail or guide and capable of adjustment is carried directlyby the platen and when adj usted to its proper position is clampedimmediately to the platen.

In addition to these general improvements the invention also has in Viewthe provision of an adjustable gage capable of being lined up withperfect trueness with reference to the platen and comprising means foradapting the same to the variations in the styles of the file-holes andthe spacing thereof, also the provision of means for locating the gageor clamp-plate, or both of them, either at the inside or outside of arail or guide ,to accommodate bills or other work-sheets havin gbinding-margins of various Widths.

The invention also provides for locating the gage and clamp-plateadjacent to either side edge of the platen in order to properly alineand hold the work-sheet in a manner to permit the printing mechanism tooperate on both sides thereof-that is to say, the platen is constructedin a manner to permit the gage to be located thereon adjacent to eitherits right-hand or left-hand edge-as it is sometimes necessary to operateon both sides of the sheet-to wit, the face and back thereofand as thefile-holes are usually provided at one edge only of the bill or sheetthe reversal of the sheet upon the platen is necessary to the attainmentof the desired end.

In the accomplishment of the several objects mentioned the invention mayobviously be embodied in a variety of different forms; but in suchvariations it is essential in one aspect of the invention that thegage-abutment or the several abutment members be mounted directly uponor within the platen for adjustment with reference thereto or in anotheraspect that a clamp-plate be provided distinct from the rail or guideand disposed to protect the adjacent edge of the work-sheet alined bythe gage.

In carrying out the invention the preferred features just stated arepreserved in various forms, as illustrated in the drawings, and apreferred additional feature isthe idea of mounting the Work-clamp in amanner to permit it to be moved toward the platen to engage the work oraway from the platen to release the Work and permit it to be withdrawnfrom the gage-abutment. In some forms of the invention is involved theadditional idea of hinging the clamp-plate upon the platen, eitherdirectly or by the attachment of the plate, to a swinging rail-section,so that while the clamp-plate is associated With the platen as anattached part thereof it may be swung to a position to hold the work orelevated to effect the release of the work-sheet when its removal orreplacement is desired.

YThe improvements forming the subjectmatter of the present applicationare especially designed for use in connection with that class oftype-Writing machines coperating with a fiat platen for holding the workin a fiat or spread-out condition. Machines of this type are largelyintended for writing in books, on letter-sheets, on cards, or for makingup records and reports, and in the later development thereof have beenfound very IOO IIO

useful for commercial billing purposes. This is especially true of theFisher type-writing machine and its platen, a form of which machine isillustrated in the patent to R. J. Fisher, No. 573,868, and inasmuch asthe Work gage and clamp contemplated by the present invention are veryuseful and important adjuncts to the platenl of a machine of the Fishertype the different `forms of the invention are Vshown in the drawingstor illustrative purposes as associated with one form of platen which isused in connection with some forms of the Fisher machine and which isillustrated in the patent to H. J. Halle, No. 621,660. However, it willof course be understood that the particular kind of platen and thespecial type of printing mechanism forms no part of the presentinvention and are simply shown to illustrate the preferred ways ofcarrying out the same. Therefore the only parts of the type-writingmachine towhich special reference need be made are the :flat platen 1,upon which are designed to be placed the swinging track-rails 2,whichsupport the usual travelingprintingmechanism. (Notillustrated.) Itshould be observed, however, that the invention in some aspects thereofmay be carried out in connection with a platen equipped with track-railsfixed thereto instead of being hinged for movement toward and away fromthe platen and that relative movement of the platen and rails can beeffected by employing fixed rails and a movable platen.

Referring irst to the form of the invention shown in Figs. 1 to 5,inclusive, of the drawings, the track rails or guides 2, which supportthe traveling printing mechanism, are designed in some uses of themachine to be lowered flat upon the platen for the purpose of presentingthe clamp-plate 3 over the adjacent longitudinal edge of the work tohold the same upon the platen during the printing operation, this beingespecially desirable in bookwork, where the platen is inserted beneat-hthe page to be printed upon and the .latter is held to the platen by theplate when lowered thereon.

In the form of the invention illustrated in the first live figures ofthe drawings the clamp-plate 3 is secured by suitable meansas, forinstance, screws -t-to the under side of the left-hand rail 2 andextends beyond both sides of the rail to permit the plate to cooperatewith the gage-abutment projected from the platen and located adjacent tothe rail either between the track-rails or beyond the outer side of therail upon which the plate is mounted. The clamp-plate 3 is designed, asstated, to lie liat upon the edge of the work engaged by the work-gage,and as the gage-abutment projects above the surface of the platen in aVertical plane with the plate provision must bev made for the receptionof the gage-abutment within the plate when the latter is lowered to itsholding position. The means employed to attain this end will of `coursevary in accordance with the character of the gage provided for theretention of the sheet; but in the several illustrated embodiments ofthe invention the clamp-plate 3 is provided with an elongated slot 5 atone or both sides of the rail for the reception of agage-abutment and ofsufficient length to permit proper coperation of the plate with the gagein any position to which the latter may be adjusted upon the platen.

The distinction between the described construction and that illustratedin the Laganke application aforesaid will now be apparent, as the gageinstead of being located directly beneath a track or guide and withinthe vertical plane thereof is located without the vertical plane of thetrack or guide, but in a vertical plane with a clamp member inthe formof a plate distinct from the rail whether secured thereto or not, theinclusion of these two desirable characteristics-to wit, a gage locatedwithout the vertical plane of a rail and a gage cooperating with a clampmember-being made possible only by the provision ot' a'clamp-platedistinct from the rail and projecting beyond the plane thereof.

While the clamp-plate constructed as described may be used with any formof workgage-as, for instance',those forms illustrated in either theLaganke or Halle applications hereinbefore referred to-it is preferredto employ in connection with said plate a novel work-gage comprehendinga gage-abutment carried directly by the platen and adjustable thereon toconform to various classes of work. The work-gage proper orgage-abutmentpreferably consists of a plurality of alined gage pins orprojections 6, carried by` gage-blocks 7, slidably mountedv in a groove8, formed in the platen 1 for the reception of the gageblocks. thenumber of projections employed may be varied within wide limits, as theessential feature of the gage is the adjustable mounting of the gageprojections or elements directly upon or within the platen asdistinguished from the mounting of said projections upon a supportdistinct from the platen and designed for attachment thereto, as in theI-lalle application. One embodiment of these elements The form of thepins or blocks or IOO TIO

is illustrated in the drawings and consists in imparting to the slidablegage-blocks 7 an inverted-T shape in cross-section to conform to thesimilar contour of the grooves 8 in the platen 1, the Ypin or projection6 being preferably of cylindrical form and having at one end a threadedshank 9. gage-block 7 in the manner described it is 1made to comprise aslide 10, disposed within By forming the projections with reference tothe platen for the purpose of accommodatingthem to the l t ivariously-spaced file-holes in certain classes of Work, variouseXpedients may be adopted to effect the adjustable retention of the gageprojection or projections upon the platen. However, a convenient mode ofsecuring or holding the pin at any desired point upon the platen isillustrated and comprehends the employment of a pin slightly wider thanthe slide 10 of the gage-block to form a clampshoulder 14, designed toseat upon the face of the platen 1 when the shank 9 of the pin isscrewed into a threaded socket 15, provided for its reception in the topedge of the slide 10. To facilitate the screwing and unscrewing of thepin, the latter is provided in its upper end with a kerf 16 for thereeeptionvof a screw-driver or other tool7 and it will be noted that byscrewing up or unscrewing the gage projection 6 the gage block and pinmay be caused to bind against the platen for the purpose of holding theabutment projection seeurely or may be caused to release the platen inorder to permit the block and pin to be shifted to any position 'uponthe platen in conformity to the location of the file-holes in the edgeof the work-sheet to be engaged. The several gage projections 6,constituting one form of gage-abutment, as shown in Fig. 1 of thedrawings, are alined longitudinally of the platen, and any number ofsuch projections may be utilized as may be found necessary or desirable;but in the successful earrying out of the invention it is only importantthat a sufficient number of said projections be employed to form agage-abutment with which may be engaged the edge of the bill or sheet tobe alined or located in the printing position upon the platen. It willbe noted, furthermore, that the said gage elements or pins 6 projectabove the writing-surface of the platen, so that when the clamp-plate 3is elevated it is only necessary to slip the bill or other sheet uponthe writing-surface and engage the edge thereof with the alined seriesof gage pins or projections, thus securing a correct alinement andpositioning of the sheet, so that when the clamp-plate is lowered uponthe platen the same in connection with the gage pinsor projections willserve to properly hold the work in place.

By reason of the projection of the pins or elements 6 above the topsurface of the platen the bill or sheet may not only be engaged at itsedge against the inner sides of said pins or projections, but also inbills or sheets which are provided with file-holes in their edges. Thesame may have these holes arranged directly over the pins orprojections, as illustrated in Fig. 3 of the drawings, which are thusmade to interlock with the bill to positively hold the work-sheet, so asto prevent the possibility of its slipping or twisting out of positionwhen the printing mechanism is worked thereover.

Inthe embodiment of the invention now under consideration provision hasbeen made for the alinement and retention upon the platen of bills orwork-sheets having binding edges or margins of different Widths byequipping the lef t-hand rail with a clamp-plate eX- tended beyond bothsides of the rail and provided at both sides thereof with a slot 5 andby forming the platen with a pair of elongated gage seats or grooves S,registering with the slots in the clamp-plate and designed to permit thegage-abutment to be positioned upon the platen at the right-hand orinner side of the left-hand rail to engage the worksheets having narrowmargins Vor to permit said gage to be located in registering relationwith the slotted clamp-plate at the left hand or outside of the trackwhen Work-sheets having comparatively wide margins are intended to beheld in the printing position.

In this embodiment of the invention provision is made also for retainingthe Work-sheet in the reversed position, in order that the printingmechanism may be operated upon the back of the sheet, as well as uponthe face thereof, when the sheet is held by the retaining andpositioning devices at the lefthand side of the platen. While anysuitable means -might be provided for holding the sheet in the reversedposition, this may be and preferably is accomplished by forming in theplaten 1 adjacent to the right-hand edge thereof a second pair ofgrooves 8, similar to the grooves located at the left-hand side of thetrack and bearing a similar relation to the adjacent track or rail 2.Under ordinary circumstances the clamp-plate and gage are mounted at theleft-hand side of the platen, as illustrated in the first four figuresof the drawings, to hold the Work-sheet in position for the printingmechanism to operate upon the face of the sheet; but it Will be evidentthat by removing the gage and clamp-plate from the platen and rail atthe left-hand side and by replacing them upon the platen and rail at theright-hand side the Work-sheet may be alined and held securely inreversed position to present its back for the imprinting of thetype-written characters.

In the described construction one feature thereof resides in theconnection of the clampplate to a swinging track-rail to cause the plateto move toward and away from the platen as the track-rails are depressedor elevated. In Figs. 6 and 7 is illustrated a different mode ofaccomplishing the same result-that is to say, a dilferent character ofmounting for the clamp-plate, which permits said plate to be movedtoward the platen for engagement with the Work or away from the platento permit the displacement of the sheet and its replacement by another.The variation dis- IOC IIO

closed in these gures involves the idea of hinging the clamp-plateindependent of the rail-as, for instance, by a hinge connection 16dbetween the platen or a part in fixed relation thereto and theclamp-plate 3 at the rear end of the latter.

An even simpler embodiment of the idea of a clamp-plate movable towardand away from the platen to cooperate with the gage in its own Weight orby the weight of the track` A rail, which is preferably though notnecessarily imposed thereon.

In the several embodiments of the invention to which reference has beenmade the clamp-plate is extended laterally beyond the i track-rail atboth sides thereof and is provided with slots atboth sides of the railfor the accommodation of a work-gage disposed upon the platen inposition to aline sheets of different classes. Such duplication of theclamp-plate orsuch extension thereof at both sides of the rail while itadapts the platen to a wide range of use is not essential to the successful carrying out of the invention, and in Figs. 9 and 10 isillustrated a platen equipped with a clamp-plate extendinglaterallybeyond the track-rail at the inner side only thereof and designed forcooperation witha workgage which is preferably capable of being dis.-posed at either side of the platen, but is incapable of location beyondthe outer sides of the track-rails, as in those embodiments of theinvention which contemplate the employment of a plurality of groovesadjacent to each side ofthe platen.

In Figs. 11 and 12 is illustrated a further variation similar to theconstruction illustrated in Figs. 9 and 10,except that the clampplateextendsbeyondthe track-rail at the outer side only thereof and isdesigned for cooperation with a work-gage, which, like the gage shown inFigs. 9 and 10, is capable of bein glocated at the opposite sideof theplaten,

but not at the opposite side of the adjacent track-rail. Y The manner ofmounting the clamp-plates shown in Figs. 9 and 11 is' not essential andmay be effected by connecting the said plates to the track-railsor tothe platen, or the plates may be loosely mounted, as in the constructionillustrated in Fig. 8 of the drawings.

A possible variation of the means for mounting the clamp-plato upon theplaten is illustrated in Fig. 13 of the drawings, and consists j informing ahinged connection 17 between the plate and platen at the outerside edges of these elements. It will be observed that in each of theseveral illustrated embodiments of the invention is preserved the ideaof a clamp-plate extending outside the vertical plane of the track-railand cooperating with the work-gage, also a work-gage adjustably carriedbythe platen immediately or directly, and that, furthermore, each ofthese `embodiments embraces the thought of an adjustable work-gage or aworkgage comprehending adjustable members forming an abutment disposedfor reception within a clamp-plate movable toward and away from theplaten to engage or. release a work-sheet properly alined in theprinting position by being abutted against or by having an interlockingengagement with the work-gage. It will therefore be understood thatwhile the several novel features of the illustrated structure arepreferably employed in connection with each other, still it may bedesirable in some connections to employ the clamp-plate in connectionwith various forms of workgages-as, for instance, those illustrated inthe Laganke and I-Ialle applications aforesaid-or it may be equallydesirable to employ the work-gage illustrated and described in thisapplication in cooperative relation with a track-rail disposed toperform the function ofa clamping member, as in Laganke, or without thecooperation of any clamp-plate whatever. j

Several modifications ofthe preferred embodiments of the invention havebeen shown is claimed as new, and desired to be secured by LettersPatent, is u 1. In a type-writing machine, the combination with the flatplaten, the tracks or guides, and awork-gage, of a clamp member distinctfrom the rails and disposed to cooperate with the work-gage.

2. In a type-writing machine, the combination with the flat platen,tracks or guides, and a work-gage, of a clamp-plate disposed at one sideof a track or guide and in cooperative re lation with the work-gage.

3. In a type-writing machine, the combination with the fiat platen, thetracks or guides, and a work-gage, of a clamp-plate, distinct from therails or guides and movable toward and away from the platen, saidclamp-plate being disposed in cooperative relation with the work-gage.

4. In a type-writing machine, the combination with the fiat platen,awork-gage, and the machine-rails, of a clamp-plate cooperating with therails and gage to aline and hold the work.

5. In a type-writing machine, the combination with the platen, themachine-rails and work-gage, of a clamp-plate carried by one of therailsand cooperating with the work-gage to hold lthe work. i

6. In a type-writing machine, the combination with a iiat platen, atrack or guide, and

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a clamp-plate connected to one of said elements for movement toward andaway from the platen, of a work-gage disposed in coperative relationwith said platen.

7. In a type-Writing machine, the combination with the Hat platen, atrack or guide, and a clamp-plate having hinged 'connection with one ofsaid elements, of a Work-gage disposed in cooperative relation with theclamp-plate.

S. In a type-Writi ng machine, the combination with the flat platen, thetracks or guides, and the Work-gage, of a clamp-plate distinct from thetracks or guides and disposed directly over the Work-gage to clamp andprotect the edge of the sheet alined by said gage.

9. In a type-Writing machine, the combination with the flat platen, thetracks or guides, and a Work-gage carried by the platen, of a clampmember arranged Without the plane of a track or guide and designed tohave interlocking engagement With the Work-gage.

l0. In a type`writing machine, the combination with the flat platen, andthe tracks or guides, of a Work-clamp distinct from but associated withone of said tracks.

ll. In a type-Writing machine; the combination with the fiat platen, andthe tracks or guides, of a clamp-plate disposed intermediate of theplaten and one of said tracks.

l2. In a type-Writing machine, the combinationwith the flat platen, andthe swinging tracks or guides, of a Work-clamp directly carried by oneof said tracks and extended outside the vertical plane thereof.

13. In a type-Writing machine, the combination with the tracks orguides, a Work-gage, and a platen provided with means for retainingthework-gage upon the platen at either side of said track, of a clamparranged to cooperate with the Work-gage in either position of thelatter.

14. In a type-Writing machine, the combination with the flat platen, atrack or guide, and a Work-gage designed to be located upon the platenat either side of said track, of a clamp extended beyond both sides ofthe track for cooperation with the work-gage in either position of saidgage.

l5. In a type-Writing machine, the combination With the tracks orguides, a Work-gage, and a platen provided With means for locating theWork-gage upon said platen adjacent to either side edge of the latter,of a clamp designed to be located in coperative relation With theWork-gage in either position ot the latter.

16. In a type-Writing machine, the combination with a ilat platen, andan adjustable Work gage disposed longitudinally of the platen, of aclamp arranged to cooperate directly with the Work-gage in any positionof the latter.

17. In a type-Writing machine, the combi nation with a flat platen, anda Work-gage J member, of a clamp provided with a slot for the receptionofthe gage member.

A18. In a type-Writing machine, the combination with a fiat platen, anda Work-gage adjustable thereon, of a clamp movable toward and away fromthe platen and provided with a slot designed to receive the gage and toaccommodate the adjustment thereof.

19. In a type-Writing machine, the combination with a Hat platen and aWork-gage coinposed of aseries of alined pins, of a clamp provided witha slot to receive said pins.

20. In a type-Writing machine, the combination with the fiat platen, anda Work-gage composed of a series of alined individuallyadjustable pins,of a clamp provided with a slot to receive said pins.

21. In a type-Writing machine, the combination with the flat platen, anda Work-gage composed of an alined series of pins individually adjustableupon the platen, of tracks or guides for the machine-frame, and a clampcarried by one of said tracks and provided with a slot to receive saidpins.

22. In a type-Writing machine, the combination with a platen, of anadjustable Workgage consisting of an alined series of pins, andsupporting and guiding means for said pins, said supporting and guidingmeans being formed as a permanent part of the platen.

23. In a type-writing machine, the combination With a iat platen and thetracks or guides for the traveling machine, of a Workgage comprisinggage-pins adjustable longitudinally of the platen, and supporting andguiding means for said pins, said supporting and guiding means beingformed as a permanent part of the platen.

24. In a type-writing machine, the combination With a platen, and atrack or guide, of a Work-gage carried directly by the platen outside ofthe vertical plane of said track or guide and adapted to be arranged oneither side thereof.

25. In a type-Writing machine, the combination with a platen, of aWork-gage comprising a plurality of alined gage members mounted directlyupon the platen and individually adjustable to conform to the positionsof the file-holes in the margins of the Work-sheet, and adapted to bearranged on either side of the platen.

26. In a type-Writing machine, the combination with the platen formedwith a guidegroove and the main tracks or guides for the support of thetraveling machine, of a gagepin supported and guided Within said groove.

27. In a type-Writing machine, the combination with a platen formed witha guidegroove and the main tracks or guides disposed longitudinally ofthe platen for the support of the traveling machine, of a work-gagecomprising an alined series of individually-adjustable pins supportedand guided Within said groove.

28. In a type-Writing machine, the combination With a platen formed witha guidegroove and the main tracks or guides for the traveling machine,of a Work-gage comprising a plurality of separate gage-blocks slidableIOO IXO

Within the groove, and gage-pins carried by said blocks and extendedabove the Writingsu rface of the platen. n

29. In a type-writing machine, the combination With a platen providedwith a groove and the main tracks or guides for the traveling machine,of a Work-gage comprisingagageblock slidably mounted Within thegroove, and a gage-pin carried by and having an adjustable connectionwith the gage-block, whereby the pin and block may be caused to bindagainst oppositely-disposed faces of the platen to retain the gage inits adjusted positions.

30. In a type-Writing machine, the combi- CHARLES FREDERICK LAGANKE.

Witnesses:

ALBERT E.I1`EI1LVIL,` GEORGE R. SHAW.

